How good the lead-up to the second one, though? Just got progressively fuller with balls that went away/in/away/in and you could see Smith getting toey as McGrath's line got tigher. Then rather than going away again, threw in the in-swinger when, by Smith's shot, looked like he was feeling for the one going the other way.

Just so good. Shows you how much more important it is to have a plan and build pressure than to go for the magic ball all the time.

02-05-2013, 06:51 AM

robelinda

Damn yeah, forgot all about the Sohail yorker! That was stunning.

02-05-2013, 11:29 PM

robelinda

hope you all are keeping up with all my insane random stat videos, here's the latest

Murali's leg break in this video looks quite pure. Which defies another famous video I saw of him with Ravi Shastri bowling in an arm brace where they claimed he has a birth defect where he can't straighten his elbow.

Murali's leg break in this video looks quite pure. Which defies another famous video I saw of him with Ravi Shastri bowling in an arm brace where they claimed he has a birth defect where he can't straighten his elbow.

It's the illusion as has been mentioned ad nauseum. Some actions look worse than others - this actually shows that - so McGrath's action looks much more pure than it is while others look worse. You can see Murali's defect - everyone knows its there (even if you believe he chucks, his defect is a medical fact).

04-05-2013, 12:42 PM

Viscount Tom

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Originally Posted by robelinda

hope you all are keeping up with all my insane random stat videos, here's the latest

It's the illusion as has been mentioned ad nauseum. Some actions look worse than others - this actually shows that - so McGrath's action looks much more pure than it is while others look worse. You can see Murali's defect - everyone knows its there (even if you believe he chucks, his defect is a medical fact).

I don't want to open up old wounds.
I was just pointing out there is no illusion with his leg spinner and his action looks perfect and you can't notice his defect.

04-05-2013, 04:24 PM

wellAlbidarned

I know you don't intend it but that reeks of confirmation bias to me. I can see his arm bent the same with both - it's stuck that way.

04-05-2013, 08:41 PM

Riggins

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Originally Posted by robelinda

hope you all are keeping up with all my insane random stat videos, here's the latest